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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicAnti-Terrorism Act

Topic: Anti-Terrorism Act

Pakistan court’s 17-yr jail term to human rights lawyers over social media posts sparks global backlash

EU spokesperson condemned the conviction of Imaan Zainab Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha, saying convictions over social media violate free expression and lawyers’ independence.

Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League banned under Bangladesh’s Anti-Terrorism Act ‘to protect sovereignty’

Ban declared by Bangladesh's interim govt Saturday follows student-led protests, and will remain until International Crimes Tribunal concludes trials of party and its leadership.

How Supreme Court has liberalised bail jurisprudence under anti-terror law UAPA in last three years

Section 43D(5) of the Act lays down stringent provisions for grant of bail, but there has been a gradual shift in giving bail to UAPA accused over past few years.

Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan gets bail till 1 Sept in terrorism charge

Khan's lawyers contended that the case was an 'act of revenge', and that he was being targeted by the present government for his 'fearless criticism of corrupt politicians'.

Global terror finance watchdog puts Pakistan on grey list

Financial Action Task Force grey listed Pakistan despite Islamabad's 26-point action plan to choke terror funding.

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India must allow citizens to invest beyond its borders. It’s risk management, not luxury

The financialisation of Indian household savings is one of the most important economic shifts of the past decade. But financialisation without international diversification creates fragile balance sheets.

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.